Who are you going to believe, your lying eyes and mass media or nutcase Carole Moseley Braun about Helms singing "Dixie" to her. Got credible witnesses, like
Susan Lindauer, maybe?
Hey, if this were Canada, she could haul him before the
Human Rights Commission with its near 100% conviction rate for thought--er, "hate"--crimes
Helms challenged the groupthink leftists--admittedly very easy to do, with
choice quotes like these--who think Castro's got something to offer us, that Ortega was kewl. That he was correct on certain things, like
working with Bono for African AIDS funding, was either ignored or spun negatively. Recall when some people
put a condom over Helms' house? What did he do about it? Probably nothing, taking it all in stride while the leftists foamed at the mouth.
He wasn't right on everything, but nobody is. He was right on Communism when many weren't.
He's probably still chuckling about how, even after his death, the lefties are still wound up about him. After all nothing lasts like the hate of a tolerant "liberal" progressive. Helms just kept yanking their chains, rattling their well-defined tiny mental cages, and I'm glad he did. It made for entertainment, if nothing else.
And, yes, he spoke his mind with probably a greater degree of honesty than most elected politicians. That's something to be thankful for.